The International Society for Key Women Educators is now collecting applications for the annually granted Margaret Abel Scholarship award in the amount of $1000. One outstanding woman living and attending college in New Jersey will receive this award. Applicants must be female undergraduate (junior or senior), or matriculated graduate students with a GPA of at least 3.0.

The application is available in the COE Dean’s Office, and must be postmarked by December 1st. After you have announced this in your classes, interested students who fit this criterion should contact Heather Stender, HH 443 hstender@kean.edu, x73865 to get started.

Braillenote.This picture is the made by Humanware. A Refreshable Braille Display is just something that can refresh the Braille instantly so that it’s like text on your computer screen. You might also want to look into all the accessibility options Apple has to offer, for example, you can hook up iphones to a refreshable Braille display, or a Braille Note Apex, and control your Iphone that way.You can find a ton of info online if you just google refreshable Braille displays, iphones and accessibility, screenreaders for the blind. Etc.You might also want to check out, www.humanware.com,www.freedomscientific.com, www.bookshare.org, www.blio.com,www.nfb.org and look under products. www.aph.orgwww.teachblindstudents.org Complied by Ali Heitner

Next week, we wil continue to present our special education projects.WARNING: Class starts at 11:45am on Oct 21st, 2011.I suggest you add the role of technology into your teaching philosophies. I will be happy to review your TPs.We will continue to work on cutting shapes using the Printer, HyperStudio, Prezi, Slideshare and Voicethread for your multimedia presentations.